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We look down at an angle onto a pale yellow city street lined with French flags in this tall painting. A carriage drawn by a light brown horse is driven away from us by a person wearing a muted pink jacket and white cap. The passenger wears a black coat and rounded top hat. Closer to us and in the lower right corner of the canvas, two women, a young girl, and a man stand on the white sidewalk running parallel to the street. They all have pale skin. One woman wears a high-necked, long red gown and black cap. She cradles a stick or flower in one arm and holds the little girl’s hand with her other. The girl wears a white dress with tiny black polka dots, and a teal-blue, feathered cap. Both have blond hair. The man stands under the large, gold dial face of a public clock to our right. He has gray hair, wears a brown suit, and appears to look toward the woman and child with his hands in his pockets. Another woman wearing an ocean-blue dress and crimson-red cap walks away. A second carriage is farther down the road on the far curb. Two men and a woman walk across store fronts there. Flags vertically striped with red, white, and blue hang along the street. The scene is loosely painted with some areas of flat color and visible brushstrokes.

Pierre Bonnard

Paris, Rue de Parme on Bastille Day, 1890

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 79.2 x 40.3 cm (31 3/16 x 15 7/8 in.)

framed: 93.4 x 54.3 x 3.2 cm (36 3/4 x 21 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

1995.47.2

Artists / Makers

Pierre Bonnard (painter) French, 1867 - 1947

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Provenance

Private collection, Paris, from 1890; (Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York); sold October 1958 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1995 to NGA.[1]

[1] Provenance from donor's collection records.

Associated Names

Mellon, Paul
Private Collection, Paris
Rosenberg, Paul

Exhibition History

1966: French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966, no. 153, repro.

1980: Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European and American Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980, no. 126, repro.

1982: Manet and Modern Paris, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1982-1983, no. 92, repro.

2013: Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Museo dell'Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome (exhibition title in this venue: Impressionist Gems); California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Seattle Art Museum, 2013-2016.

Bibliography

1966: Kuh, Katherine. "Golden Loans for a Silver Anniversary." Saturday Review (19 March 1966): repro. p. 46.